The “B” word - the one that Sir Keir Starmer and his Labour administration all too often look like they would simply rather not hear - has been very much in the headlines again in the last few days.

That said, it is never that far from them, more than nine years after the dismal vote by the UK electorate to leave the European Union (even though people in Scotland were overwhelmingly in favour of staying). And this should come as no surprise to anyone given the colossal ongoing damage at a time when the UK economy could do with all the help it can get.

The findings of a poll conducted by More in Common for The Sunday Times, published over the weekend, were striking.

Poll after poll is indicating extensive disillusionment over the UK’s Brexit folly.

And the latest More in Common poll was no exception.

More in Common declared: “Britons would overwhelmingly vote to Remain in the EU if given the chance to vote again: 58% say Brexit has been a failure compared to 24% who say it has been a success.”

Its poll shows that a rounded 53% of Britons would, if the Brexit referendum were held now, vote to stay in the European Union. And the pollster observed this majority included 17% of 2016 Leave voters.

Only 29% would still vote to leave the EU. Of those polled, 8% said they did not know how they would vote. And 11% declared they would not vote.

Meanwhile, nearly half of Britons now support holding a referendum on rejoining the EU in the next five years, including 74% of the Leave voters who have since switched to supporting Remain. Only 37% oppose holding another vote.

More in Common did observe: “Still, Britons are more likely to say that other anglophone countries such........

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